Space Foundation News & Media
Strategic Space Symposium Adds Speakers to Impressive Roster
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 14, 2009) — More high-level military and industry speakers, panelists, and breakout session leaders have been added to the Strategic Space Symposium 2-4 Nov., 2009, at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha, Neb. General Sessions: Nebraska Governor Dave Heineman will welcome attendees to Omaha. Lt. Gen. Francis H. Kearney, III, USA,…
International Space University Seeks Papers, Proposals to Ignite a Passion for Space
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 12, 2009) — The International Space University (ISU) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming symposium, The Public Face of Space, Feb. 16-18, 2010, in Strasbourg, France. The deadline for submitting a 300-word abstract is Oct. 2, 2009. For submission details, follow the link from ISU’s home page at…
Strategic Space Symposium Confirms Featured Speakers
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 10, 2009) — An impressive slate of featured speakers has been confirmed for the Strategic Space Symposium, including: Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, USAF, commander, U.S. Strategic Command; Vice Adm. Carl V. Mauney, USN, deputy commander, United States Strategic Command; Lt. Gen. Kevin Campbell, USA, commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense; Lt.…
Space Foundation Teacher Liaison is AFA Teacher of the Year
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Aug. 4, 2009) — It all started with an e-mail. Liz Dalzell doesn’t remember the details, or how the e-mail found its way to her, but it led her to enroll in her first Space Foundation Space Discovery Institute rocketry class in 2007. She liked it so much she enrolled in more…
PWR's Maser Calls for Space Roadmap
Jim Maser, president of Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne (PWR), speaking last month at a Space Foundation Correspondents Group breakfast in Washington, D.C., said that the U.S. needs a long-term vision for space to allow industry to better align human resources and research and development dollars with government plans. He said the unstable and discontinuous nature…
Space: Bedrock of U.S. Economic, Strategic Power
Space “is the bedrock of America’s economic and strategic power,” but the U.S. government needs to improve the acquisition of space systems in order to maximize the benefits of space investment. This was part of the feedback Space Foundation Board member Patti Grace Smith gave to the House Committee on Science and Technology’s Subcommittee on…
Letter Urges Obama to Modernize Export Controls
The Space Foundation is among 14 organizations signing a July 13 letter to President Barack Obama encouraging U.S. export control modernization to improve the United States’ technological competitiveness. The Coalition for Security and Competitiveness, which was formed in 2007 to draw attention to the need for fundamental export control modernization, asked the president to “adopt…
Washington Abuzz with Space Activity
On July 28, the Space Foundation, in partnership with the National Defense Industrial Association, held the second Space Power Lecture Series breakfast of the year, with Dr. Peter Wegner, director of the Operationally Responsive Space Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., as the featured speaker. Dr. Wegner spoke to an audience of Congressional members and…
Space Foundation Applauds NASA Confirmations
On July 15, Major General Charles Bolden, USMC (Ret.) was confirmed as the 12th NASA Administrator and Lori Garver was confirmed as NASA Deputy Administrator. Both began their new positions on July 17. “Charlie Bolden is an American hero who brings deep NASA knowledge and experience, and unsurpassed leadership skills to the key position of…
Dr. Peter Wegner Speaks at Space Power Lecture
Dr. Peter Wegner, director of the Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., addressed an audience of 62 government and industry leaders and Congressional members and their staffs at a Space Power Lecture Breakfast July 28 in Washington, D.C. The breakfast was jointly sponsored by the Space Foundation and the National Defense…